President Jacob Zuma has welcomed a Constitutional Court judgment that has found that he and the National Assembly failed in their duty to uphold the country’s Constitution.
In an address on live television, he said that he respected the judgment and would be abide by its ruling. This included that he pay back money for upgrades to his Nkandla homestead that were not for security purposes.
“I have consistently stated that I’ll pay the amount… to the upgrades once this had been determined by the correct authority,” he said.
The matter ended up in the highest court in the land after years of resistance and obfuscation from Zuma and the ANC Parliamentary caucus.
Labour Bureau
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